Battlefield sees 160 clashes, 31 of them on Huliaipole front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 160 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, including 31 on the Huliaipole front and 21 on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, information as of 08:00 on 18 February
Quote: "Overall, 160 combat clashes have been recorded over the past day.
According to updated data, yesterday the enemy carried out two missile strikes, used 30 missiles and conducted 76 airstrikes, dropping 168 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it deployed 8,470 kamikaze drones and subjected the positions held by our troops and populated areas to 3,323 attacks, 67 of which were from multiple-launch rocket systems."
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians carried out 99 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements over the past day, 12 of them using multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian troops launched four assaults on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory and Prylipka and towards Okhrimivka.
On the Kupiansk front, three Russian attacks took place yesterday. The Ukrainian defence forces repelled Russian assault actions towards Kurylivka and Novoosynove.
On the Lyman front, the Russians launched eight attacks, attempting to advance near Zarichne and towards Druzheliubivka and Stavky.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled 10 Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Yampil, Zakytne, Riznykivka, Platonivka, Dronivka and Sviato-Pokrovske.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian troops attempted three times to advance on Ukrainian positions near Stupochky and towards Novodmytrivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians carried out 14 attacks near the settlements of Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar and Sofiivka and towards Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Novopavlivka and Ivanopillia.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 21 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Rodynske, Kotlyne and Filiia and towards Novooleksandrivka and Novopidhhorodnie.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions six times near Ternove and Rybne and towards Danylivka and Tsehelne.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians launched 31 attempts to advance on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Dobropillia, Huliaipole, Solodke, Pryluky and Zelene and towards Zaliznychne, Varvarivka and Staroukrainka.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian forces did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians carried out two unsuccessful attacks.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
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